Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 01:07:21PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > > However, I would like to play devil's advocate for a second: > > > > A person could consider a Web application to be a program that > > "reads commands interactively" in the same sense that a GUI app does. > > In this sense, GPL 2c is binding upon us to leave that in place. > > This is the argument made by the FSF staffer I cited before. > > Which FSF staffer advocated this extremely broad interpretation of 2c? > If this heresy is the new GNU orthodoxy we may have some problems.
http://phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=49 says: "I think a web-based message board clearly reads commands interactively. So, if there is such a notice, you can't remove it. But you could alter its form, so long as it is still appropriate. -Dave Turner Free Software Licensing Guru This is not legal advice. If you need legal advice, see a lawyer."
